2              Qiao Sanjuan

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a wealthy family in the Qiao family in Nanmazhai Village, Dingzhou, Hebei Province. Qiao Huang, who was once an official as a Taoist platform. Later, he retired and returned to the hometown. He had three daughters but no children. He had a grandson named Qiao Jingde. Why did he have a grandson without children? Why is this?

There is a destitute family child in Qianying Village, four miles away from Mazhai. He was named Lu Yuanqing. In his early years, his grandfather and father lost all their money because of smoking smoke. His grandfather and father died one after another. Lu Yuanqing and his mother depended on firewood to work for a short work. Although he was over, he still did not marry.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, after Yuanqing entered the city to sell firewood, it was noon, and he was about to return. It was raining heavily. The rain continued for a long time. Yuanqing took shelter from the city gate. Although he had money to sell firewood in his hand, he was reluctant to buy food to fill his hunger. Until the rain stopped in the evening, he returned home with hunger. The rain stopped, but the sky was still gloomy and not clear. The sky was getting dark. Yuanqing was walking on a muddy road. Suddenly, he saw a light in front of him. He looked carefully and saw a lantern ten feet away moving forward. He shouted and walked slowly and wanted to walk with the light.

Yuan Qing rushed to the lantern, and saw the lantern clearly when he was close to see the lantern clearly, wearing embroidered shoes and wearing pink cheongsam. He was a young woman, but the young woman was covered with a red gauze scarf and had a bun in front of her hair, so she couldn't tell her appearance. Yuan Qing was unable to walk with her and wanted to stop, but she was approaching, but she was too late. She said with a look on her face, "Sister, it's already late, why are you walking alone?" The woman replied, "I went out to visit my relatives and came back to rain, which was delayed, so I was late.

"The woman looked back and asked, "Are you Lu Yuanqing in Qianying Village?" Yuan Qing was stunned and thought to himself: Who is this woman? How can I know my name? My heart couldn't help but feel nervous. The woman looked like the thought of Ming Yuanqing. The explanation said, "I am from Nanmazhai. You and my neighboring village are just walking together." After hearing what the woman said, Yuan Qing calmed down and wanted to ask the wife of the He family, but when she thought, it was inconvenient for men and women to walk together, why bother to ask more questions, so she followed the lights and walked silently.

About two miles away, a large well appeared in front of me, more than six feet from the wellhead, huh! Walking into the fork in the road? Yuanqing was shocked and looked closely. This was a large well in the north of Nanmazhai Village. Yuanqing was familiar with this place. This well irrigated hundreds of acres of fields around him. This spring, a girl drowned by himself. The one who threw herself into the well was Qiao Huang's little daughter, named Qiao Sanjuan. Yuanqing recalled the scene of working at Qiao's family this spring. In front of him, Qiao Huang had three daughters under his knees. The eldest and second daughters had already been married, and only the little daughter Sanjuan was not married. Sanjuan was beautiful, pink and peach blossoms, willow eyebrows and almond eyes, and a red mole on the seal hall between her eyebrows, which made her look more handsome and beautiful, charming. Qiao Yuanwai was over the age of the year, and looked at Sanjuan as if she had no children in her knees, leaving Sanjuan to take care of her. When she heard that the little girl of Qiao's family was going to choose a son-in-law, she came to the door to say that she was relatives, and Qiao Yuanwai sifted among the crowd.

Choose a good son-in-law and choose a good day to marry Sanjuan. After marriage, Sanjuan and his son-in-law were in love and had a good relationship. Unexpectedly, the beautiful scenery did not last long. A hundred days after marriage, the son-in-law entered the city and was kidnapped by bandits. The bandits offered conditions and exchanged them for three thousand taels of silver and the beauty Sanjuan. Qiao Yuanwai refused to agree. The son-in-law was torn to the ticket. Hearing the bad news, Sanjuan cried bitterly. After the son-in-law died, Qiao Yuanwai was eager for the grandson. Seeing that Sanjuan was not pregnant, he wanted to hire another wife. Sanjuan was still widowed and refused to remarry. One day, the father and daughter quarreled, Qiao Yuanwai got angry and slapped Sanjuan in the face. Sanjuan was angry and rushed out of the house. When they ran to this well, they drowned. Everyone saw it and rushed down to the well to rescue him. However, Sanjuan was wiped out the well water, but Sanjuan still had no sign of Sanjuan's body, and she died. They didn't know where he was going. This strange thing was shocked.

How could Yuan Qing not be afraid when he saw this well? He was afraid, "The road is wrong, please return and find another road." However, the woman did not agree. She raised her hand and hung the lamp on the branch of the tree on the side of the well, lifted up the gauze scarf, revealing her true face, and smiled and said, "Who do you think of me?" Yuan Qing saw this woman's pink face, peach cheeks, willow eyebrows, and apricot eyes, and a red mole grew between her eyebrows. Oh! It was Qiao Sanjuan, the man who drowned after entering the well! Yuan Qing was shocked, screamed and fainted on the edge of the well.

In the hazy state, Yuan Qing woke up and saw Sanjuan reaching out and pulling him up, comforting him, "Brother Yuanqing, don't be shocked, I won't hurt you. I see you hungry, please follow me to have a meal first, and then say goodbye." Yuan Qing was in a daze, feeling that his body was as light as a leaf, and he floated into the well with Sanjuan. When he fell into the bottom of the well, he felt that his eyes were pitch black. He walked about several hundred steps and saw a bright spot in the distance, like the stars shining. The two of them ran to the highlights, and the highlights gradually grew. They rushed to the front, and saw that the lights were as bright as day, pavilions and towers were adjacent to each other, the long bridge and the road lying on the waves, the strange flowers and plants flowed everywhere, and the beautiful scenery was dazzling, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

Sanjuan brought Yuan Qing into the side hall, and several maids greeted him. Sanjuan introduced, "This is my sister." She also said, "Please prepare a banquet for my brother to entertain him." After a while, the banquet was prepared, and the table was filled with delicacies and delicious wines. Yuan Qing had never seen it in his life, and he had already drooled. Everyone entered the table one by one. Yuan Qing was hungry and had not waited for each other to give in. Before he could give in, he raised his chopsticks to eat and swallowed it voraciously. Everyone accompanied the table to encourage him to drink. Yuan Qing raised his glass to drink wildly, and the wine spilled his clothes, and he didn't care.

Yuanqing was full of wine and drunk, and wanted to get up and say goodbye. Sanjuan advised, "It's too late at this time, so why not sleep here? It's not too late to leave tomorrow." Without further ado, Sanjuan took Yuanqing into the dormitory.

The fragrance in the dormitory was refreshing. Yuan Qing and Sanjuan sat side by side on the gums. Sanjuan laughed and said, "I told you that I had not drowned when I jumped into the well. I and my brother belonged to two realms. I was originally a maid of the Dragon King who fled privately and reincarnated in the world. Now I have returned. My love in the world has not yet ended. Tonight I missed my family and went home to visit my parents. I saw my parents sad through the window. I regretted that I shouldn't drowned when I jumped into the well. One was sad. The other was hopeless that the Qiao family would have a descendant. The third was that I couldn't repay my parents' grace for raising me. I dare not stay for a long time, and returned with tears. When I returned, I saw my brother hungry and struggling in the darkness. I couldn't bear it, so I specially carried a lantern for my brother to shine on the road..."

Yuan Qing stood up, held his fists frequently and thanked him, "Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your hospitality." He was no longer afraid in his heart, and he completely believed in Sanjuan's words.

Sanjuan smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite. Please sit down. I still have my heartfelt words to tell you." Yuan Qing sat down again, and Sanjuan said, "Before I got married, my brother worked in my family. I saw my brother handsome, strong, strong, honest and sincere in doing things. I have long developed a love for my brother. However, my family is poor and is inconsistent with my family. If I show my love, my parents will definitely not agree. How dare I disobey my parents' orders and matchmakers' words? However, I am interested in my brother and I dare not say..." He stopped talking again, and looked at him affectionately, Yuan Qing was moved.

Yuan Qing also poured out his hidden feelings in his heart, and he confessed: "Miss Three, I worked at Qiao's family last year. I saw that the lady is beautiful and solemn, treats people kindly, and does not dislike the poor and loves the rich. I have already fallen in love with the lady, and I only hate that my family is in poverty and dare not be high. On the day of the lady's wedding, I secretly shed tears and silently wish the lady. On the day of the lady's wedding, I was heartbroken alone, I was afraid of being ridiculed by others, and I dared not express it in public..."

Sanjuan and Yuanqing's new and old love poured into their hearts, and their love suddenly hugged each other, turned to their gums, and walked on Wushan**...

Yuan Qing suddenly heard the rooster crowing, and felt cold all over. He woke up suddenly, and he saw that it was dawn. He was sleeping beside the well, his head resting on the edge of the well, and his braid was hanging on the wall of the well. He hurriedly stood up and looked around. There was no hall or bedroom, and the green gauze tent was everywhere, and no one was left. He saw a red lantern hanging on the tree branch, and the wax was burned out. He looked into the well and saw the clear water in the well. He smelled the wine sprinkled in front of his clothes. The wine was sprinkled in the wine. Recalling the scene last night, he still had not finished. He shouted in the well: "Dragon Prince, return my three Juans, return my three Juans,..." The cry echoed in the well, and no one responded for a long time. He wanted to go to the well to find him, but he thought that his mother had no one to take care of him, so he had to get up and leave reluctantly.

Yuan Qing returned, and his mother asked why he had not returned all night. Yuan Qing lied that he had not returned because of the rainy night. He had not mentioned any of the incidents he had met last night. Yuan Qing missed Sanjuan and was uneasy to sleep and eat, so he went to Qiao's mansion and told Qiao Yuanwai about what he had encountered that night. Qiao Yuanwai was furious when he heard it and scolded Yuan Qing, saying, "Don't make up this bizarre story to deceive me. You just want to make up your property, how can I believe it! If my daughter becomes an immortal, how can I get along with you and other poor men?" Yuan Qing was angry and wanted to prove it with death.

Since then, Yuan Qing was depressed for a long time, and his mother saw him and thought he was unhappy because he had no wife. So she asked the media everywhere. Although there were people who said they were relatives, Yuan Qing refused to see him. A few months later, Yuan Qing died of depression and failed treatment.

In the middle of the following summer, in the early morning of the next day, Qiao Yuanwai was about to get up, but suddenly saw Sanjuan floating into the dormitory and said to him, "My father, now my little daughter is here to tell me that I will ask my father to go to the place where my little daughter jumps into the well and get a baby, which was born to the little girl." Qiao Yuanwai asked in surprise, "Who did you have to be born?" Sanjuan replied, "Born with Lu Yuanqing in Qiantun Village." After saying that, Sanjuan turned around and disappeared. Qiao Yuanwai woke up in shock. He was already a dream. Qiao Yuanwai got up and was doubtful. When he came to the north of the village, he suddenly heard the cry of the baby and followed the sound. When Sanjuan threw the well, he saw a cradle under the tree. The cry of the baby in the cradle was shocking. Qiao Yuanwai was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up.
Chapter completed!